Resources Keyword 'SDG Target 11.6'
Key issue: Denial of legal standing to appeal air quality plans.
Key words: Legal standing, access to justice, air quality plans, particulate matter
In September 2019, the Special Rapporteur on human rights and toxics presented a report (A/HRC/42/41) to the UN Human Rights Council, with fifteen principles to better protect workers from the…
Abolition of the Integrated Scheme to Improve Air Quality for the scheduled pollutants in the area of air control management based on the action of the public concerned, which claimed breach of its…
Standing to challenge air quality plans in Poland
The four-day international conference ‘Fighting Air Pollution in the Industrial Cities of Europe’, organized by Arnika Association from the Czech Republic, was held in Ostrava. The Ostrava Conference…
Access to justice for the public concerned to challenge air quality plans
Key issue: The right of environmental NGOs to ask a Court order to communicate air quality data to the European Commission and to draft a comprehensive air quality plan.
Key words: civil proceedings…
WIPO GREEN is a network and a database for the promotion of green technologies, services and intellectual property assets.
On-line resource providing information on important ecological sites such as e.g. waste collection points, environment protection organizations, and sites with renewable energy installations.
Naples case study suggests that public participation in decision-making can help create community trust, avoid conflict and develop solutions to improve waste-management.
